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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Film Industry as Kaushal Bharat
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana  through the National Skill Development Corporation , a Public Private Partnership organization. NSDC has facilitated the creation of Sector Skill Councils  which are industry led bodies to ensure addressing skill requirements of various sectors.
There are a total of 37 functional SSCs including the Media & Entertainment Sector Skill Council . A list of SSCs is at Annexure. SSCs complement the existing vocational education system for the Industry Sector in meeting the entire value chain’s requirements of appropriately trained manpower in quantity and quality across all levels on a sustained and evolving basis.
MESC has been created for meeting the skilling needs of the film industry. There has been engagement with the film industry under PMKVY in the Recognition of Prior Learning  scheme through MESC. 52454 people have been enrolled under RPL Best in Class Employers  in PMKVY. MESC has developed Occupational standards for all its sub-Sectors of Film Industry like Film, Television, Print, Animation, Game, Digital etc. and for other supporting jobs like Hair and makeup, Voice over, Acting, Camera Operation, Direction, Editing, Lighting, Music and sound creation, VFX and DI, Photography, Set designing etc. MESC conducts assessment and certification on these set standards to enable the availability of skilled workforce to the film industry.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri. R. K. Singh in the Lok Sabha today.
AYUSH
Women and Child Development Minister inaugurates NUTRI GARDEN at All India Institute of Ayurveda
Ayurveda has potential to address the nutrition requirement of Nation: Smriti Zubin Irani
Initiating series of programs under month long Poshan Maah 2021, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani said that the need of hour is to provide the knowledge about how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda intervention can be effectively utilized to address the nutrition requirement of the nation. WCD Minister inaugurated NUTRI GARDEN to mark the beginning of Poshan Maah – 2021 today at All India Institute of Ayurveda . Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State for Ayush and WCD was also present on this occasion. Plantation of Shigru  and Amla, saplings were also carried out by the both Ministers. All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi  under the direction of the Ministry of Ayush initiated the celebration of Poshan Maah - 2021.
In her address the WCD Minister lauded the efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Ayush in reducing the incidence of anemia through a collaborative venture with ICMR. She stressed on the need to come out with publications of scientific data so that the world can acknowledge the contribution of Ayurveda. Nutrition has two main components, i.e. affordable and readily available for holistic wellbeing. This is where Ayurveda can prove to be very beneficial. She also considered popularization of Ayush calendar for healthy progeny and simple classical recipes through Ministry of WCD.
Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai highlighted the nutritional and medicinal importance of few Ayurvedic herbs like Shigru, Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Amala, Tulasi, Haldi and importance of promoting evidence-based Ayurveda nutrition practices for holistic wellbeing of mother and child. He also underlined the importance of nutrition in the life of a mother for bearing healthy progeny and how Ayurveda interventions can help.
Shri Indevar Pandey, Secretary, Ministry of WCD and Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush also grace the occasion. During this month-long celebration, various activities like patient awareness lectures, quiz competition, essay competition, guest lectures and workshops on the theme are being organized by AIIA.
Plantation drive and distribution of plants having health and nutritional benefits was carried out for patients and health care workers like Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Musli and Yashtimadhu. Information brochure of selected plants having nutritive value was also provided to the common public. Ayurvedic classical nutritious recipes representing various states like Sattu drink, Sesame Laddoo, Jhangore Ki Kheer, Niger seeds Laddoo, Amalaki Panaka etc. were also displayed during the event.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 124 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 18.74 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,24,20,98,010
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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18,74,62,306
More than 124 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 18.74 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has NIPUN , as part of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission
The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched on June 20, 2022 an innovative project – NIPUN , as part of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission .
NIPUN, inter-alia, includes on-site Recognition of Prior Learning  of construction workers, and fresh skill training in job oriented courses in the construction and related sectors.
This project aims to skill train over one lakh construction workers in the National Skills Qualifications Framework  aligned courses, through a network of industry partners in construction sector and the related Sector Skill Councils  i.e. Construction Skill Development Council of India , Water Management & Plumbing Skill Council  and Infrastructure and Equipment Sector skill Council .
National Skill Development Corporation  has been engaged as the implementation agency.
Under RPL, certified candidates are extended benefits of the ‘Kaushal Bima’ i.e. three-years accidental insurance with coverage of ₹ 2 lakh. Further, training partners facilitate registration of eligible trainees under the Employees Provident Fund  and Building and other Construction Workers .
The project, which is of 1 year duration, is estimated to cost ₹ 93 crore. The project is being implemented on Pan-India basis at construction sites, identified in collaboration with Training Partners.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 589
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 211.62 Crore
More than 21 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 211.62 Crore  today. More than 21 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10413924
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2nd Dose
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10105491
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Precaution Dose
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6721405
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18434336
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2nd Dose
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17696706
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Precaution Dose
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13083715
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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40246744
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|
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2nd Dose
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30062278
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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61649235
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2nd Dose
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52255257
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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560502212
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2nd Dose
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512768797
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Precaution Dose
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58592363
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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203888339
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2nd Dose
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196244108
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Precaution Dose
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33326426
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127570486
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2nd Dose
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122662511
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Precaution Dose
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40061146
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1022705276
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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941795148
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Precaution Dose
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151785055
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Total
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2116285479
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 27th August, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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23
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2nd Dose
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276
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Precaution Dose
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9889
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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55
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2nd Dose
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579
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Precaution Dose
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20792
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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32069
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2nd Dose
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62467
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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10600
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2nd Dose
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28613
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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36320
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2nd Dose
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105778
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Precaution Dose
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1106922
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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6815
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2nd Dose
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23351
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Precaution Dose
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487957
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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3929
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2nd Dose
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14840
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Precaution Dose
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218030
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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89811
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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235904
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Precaution Dose
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1843590
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Total
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2169305
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves payment of Productivity Linked Bonus equivalent to 78 days to railway employees for the financial year 2021-22
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today has given its ex-post facto approval for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus to railway employees for the financial year 2021-22.
Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Dusshera/Puja holidays. This year also, PLB amount equivalent to 78 days wages has been paid to about 11.27 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees. The maximum amount payable per eligible railway employee is Rs. 17,951/- for 78 days. The above amount has been paid to various categories viz. Track maintainers, Drivers & Guards, Station masters, Supervisors, Technician, Technician Helper, controller, Pointsmen, Ministerial staff & other Group ‘C’ staff.
The financial implication of payment of 78 days PLB to railway employees has been estimated to be Rs. 1832.09 crore. The above decision for payment of PLB has been taken despite adverse financial situation caused by post Covid-19 challenges.
The actual number of PLB days paid is more than the days worked out on the basis of defined formulae. The payment of PLB acts as an incentive to motivate the railway employees for working towards improvement in the performance of the Railways.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Piyush Goyal chairs meeting with various Export Promotion Councils
Lauds the performance and resilience of Exporters
Union Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal today chaired a meeting with various Export Promotion Councils . The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Hardeep S. Puri, and senior Officers of the Department of Commerce and DGFT also took part in the meeting. This was the 12th meeting held by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry with the EPCs in last one year, underlining the government’s emphasis on resolving the export related issues, at the earliest.
Shri PiyushGoyal lauded the performance of Exporters, for doing the nation proud in such difficult times through their resilience and hardwork. He said that during 2020-21, the Country’s cumulative value of overall exports declined by just 7% compared to the previous year, despite disruptions, uncertainty, lockdowns, gradual unlockdowns, supply chain difficulties, labour issues, and order cancellations in the Covid year. He said that under the circumstances, the performance of the sector was really superlative. Trade data for March 2021 reflects the build-up of a strong recovery in exports, as the Merchandise exports in March 2021 grew by 60.29% as compared to March 2020. Shri Goyal said that in the first two weeks of this month also, the performance has been very good.
The Minister, after listening to the various suggestions of the EPC office-bearers, said that the Government will go all out to support the exporters. He said that many of their issues, falling within the ambit of the Ministry, would be resolved in a time-bound manner. Shri Goyal said that most of the sectors have larger export potential, which need to be identified and harnessed. He called upon the Exporters to strive to attain ambitious growth of more than 25% to reach US$ 400 billion merchandise exports during current year.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Indo-US Trade Negotiations on Right Track- Piyush Goyal
Commerce & Industry Ministry Creating Single Window for Investments- Piyush Goyal
Commerce & Industry Minister Addresses 2nd Annual India Leadership Summit of USISPF
Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister, Piyush Goyal addressed the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum  in New Delhi today. During the interaction Piyush Goyal said that Indo-US relationship is at their best ever now and trade relations between the two countries have a huge potential which is yet to be tapped. India and the US must look at a much larger agreement like a bilateral agreement said the Commerce and Industry Minister.
With regards to the trade talks between India and the US, Commerce and Industry Minister said that things are on the right track and India is looking to the US for technology, innovation, skills and quality education. India on the other hand offers an attractive market to US businesses and skilled labour that can add value to American companies.
Commerce and Industry Minister informed the Forum that the Commerce and Industry Ministry is working to create a single window for investments into India and he welcomed innovative ideas and solutions for the creation of this single window. He also informed the gathering that the Department of Commerce is also working to bring down the cost of logistics that have to be borne by manufacturing companies in India.
According to USISPF estimates India-US bilateral trade is projected to grow to USD 238 billon by 2025. The assessment underscores the pathways for growth and economic opportunities in bilateral ties by highlighting current trends. Sectors like defence trade, commercial aircrafts, oil and LNG, coal, machinery and electronics are areas of potential growth in US investments and commerce into India. Indian industry has an opportunity to promote automotive, pharmaceuticals, seafood, IT and travel services to the US market.
Ministry of Defence
Chief of the Air Staff Visits Bangladesh
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff Indian Air Force is embarking on a four day official visit to Bangladesh from 11 to 14 February 2019. This is a bilateral goodwill visit to a SAARC nation wherein the CAS is scheduled to visit operational and training units of Bangladesh Air Force.
CAS will also meet the Chiefs of the three Defence Services and the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The visit would provide further impetus towards increasing defence cooperation and pave the way for greater interaction. This would also strengthen relationships and enable engagement in productive exchanges between the two Air Forces.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves proposed combination involving indirect subscription of over 30% of total number of issued shares of CitiusTech by Bain Capital and Bain Credit
The Competition Commission of India  approved the proposed combination involving the indirect subscription of over 30% of the total number of issued shares of CitiusTech by Bain Capital Investors, LLC  and Bain Capital Credit Member, LLC and Bain Capital Credit Member II, Ltd. , which represents approximately half the economic interest in CitiusTech .
Bain Capital: Bain Capital is a private equity investment firm that invests, through its family of funds, in companies across many industries, including information technology, healthcare, retail and consumer products, communications, financial and industrial/manufacturing.
Bain Credit: is a leading global credit specialist, which invests up and down the capital structure and across the spectrum of credit strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, distressed debt, private lending, structured products, non-performing loans and equities. Its team of more than 240 professionals creates value through rigorous, independent analysis of thousands of corporate issuers around the world.
CitiusTech: CitiusTech holds approximately 80% interest in CitiusTech Healthcare Technology Private Limited  and does not have any business activities as such. CT India is a healthcare technology services and solutions provider. CT India provides healthcare software engineering, healthcare professional services, healthcare QA test automation, healthcare technology consulting, healthcare BI/ Analytics, and business and process outsourcing services in healthcare.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Defence
Self-Reliance in Defence Production
The Government has taken several policy initiatives in the past few years and brought in reforms to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, thereby promoting self-reliance in defence manufacturing & technology in the country. These initiatives, inter-alia, include according priority to procurement of capital items from domestic sources under Defence Acquisition Procedure -2020; Announcement of 18 major defence platforms for industry led design & development in March 2022; Notification of three ‘Positive Indigenisation Lists’ of total 310 items of Services and two ‘Positive Indigenisation Lists’ of total 2958 items of Defence Public Sector Undertakings , for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timelines indicated against them; Simplification of Industrial licensing process with longer validity period; Liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment  policy allowing 74% FDI under automatic route; Simplification of Make Procedure; Launch of Innovations for Defence Excellence  scheme involving start-ups & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ; Implementation of Public Procurement  Order 2017; Launch of an indigenisation portal namely SRIJAN to facilitate indigenisation by Indian Industry, including MSMEs; Reforms in Offset policy with thrust on attracting investment and Transfer of Technology for Defence manufacturing by assigning higher multipliers; and Establishment of two Defence Industrial Corridors, one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Opening up of Defence Research & Development  for industry, start-ups and academia with 25 per cent of defence R&D budget; Progressive increase in allocation of Defence Budget of military modernization for procurement from domestic sources, etc.
Three Positive Indigenisation Lists comprising of 310  items were promulgated by Department of Military Affairs , Ministry of Defence on 21st August 2020, 31st May 2021 & 7th April 2022 respectively. In addition, to minimise import by Defence Public Sector Undertakings , Department of Defence Production , MoD has notified two Positive Indigenisation Lists  of sub-systems/assemblies/sub-assemblies/ components on 27th December 2021 & 28th March 2022 respectively. The 1st list contains 2,851 items out of which 2,500 items have already been indigenised. The 2nd PIL consists of 107 strategic important Line Replacement Units/major sub-assemblies.
All these lists have been placed in the public domain on the website of MoD/SRIJAN Defence portal of Ministry of Defence. These lists include wide range of defence products including Light Tanks, Helicopters, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles etc. for which there would be an embargo on the import beyond the timelines indicated against them.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri M Shanmugam in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Defence
YAI MULTICLASS SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 
The participants from Indian Navy's Sailing and Windsurfing teams exhibited a stellar performance in the recently concluded YAI Multiclass Sailing Championship  by winning two Gold , one silver  and two Bronze medals .
The event was conducted at Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre  Mumbai under the aegis of the Yachting Association of India  and Indian Navy Sailing Association  for senior Olympic classes of boats from 08 – 15 May 22.
The event was sponsored by M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited  and was a YAI ranking event as well as selection trials for the Asian Games.
The races were conducted off Mumbai harbour.A total of 97 sailors from 10 sailing clubs across the country participated in the keenly contested event. The competitors battled out in 121 races including 5 medal races to achieve their National Ranking points over a span of 5 days in winds ranging from 8- 15 Kts and choppy sea. It was the first time in the history of Indian Sailing when medal race for five classes viz ILCA 7, ILCA 6, 49er, 470  and RS:X were conducted. The concept of medal race with double points is now used worldwide in all major sailing events to keep up the level of competition till the last day of the series.
A team of event officials including World Sailing Qualified International Race officers, International Judges and International Measurer worked flawlessly to ensure fair and level playing ground to all the competitors.
Vice Admiral K Swaminathan, AVSM, PVSM, Chief of Staff, HQWNC was the chief guest for the closing ceremony held on 15 May 22 at INWTC  and presented medals to the winners.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Cuba on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Cuba on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy. The MoU was signed on 22.6.2018.
Impact:
The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy . This will be of immense importance to both countries considering their shared cultural heritage.
Background:
The Traditional Systems of Medicine in India are well organized, codified and well documented comprised of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy. These systems hold tremendous potential in the global health scenario. The Ministry of AYUSH having the mandate to promote, propagate and globalize these Traditional Systems has taken effective steps by entering into MoU with 10 countries for Cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicine.